Professor Jas Samra is a general surgeon with an interest in liver, pancreas and biliary surgery. He offers services in pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma and undertakes a broad range of laparoscopic surgery.
He has a keen interest in integration of innovation and new technology in clinical practice. He has been a key member in setting up services for pancreatic cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Shore Private Hospital in the last decade. He has presented the Unit’s work both nationally and internationally and continues to be active in basic and clinical research.
Professor Samra was the first da Vinci accredited robotic general surgeon in Australia as well as the first surgeon in NSW to perform the robotic distal pancreatectomy and liver resection
Professor Samra was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for his efforts, significant contribution into research in pancreatic cancer and his service to medicine as a pancreatic specialist in 2019.